Eastern Electrics Announce Richie Hawtin As Special Headline Guest

The legend that is Richie Hawtin has been announced as a special headline guest at Eastern Electrics Festivals this year. Despite hailing from Canada, Richie Hawtin will forever be associated with putting his beloved Detroit on the music map after Hawtin helped break the second wave of Detroit techno. This addition makes strenghtens the already stellar line up as hawtins puts his new Enter live show alongside the world premier of electronic supergroup Moderat‘s new material .

It doesn’t stop there either, as one of house music’s originators Kerri Chandler will also be joining festivities, in addition to mash-up master and Numbers co-founder Jackmaster along with fellow cohort Spencer. Rising star of Detroit techno Kyle Hall, Chicago mainstay Chez Damier and some of the finest underground talent from Berlin and Rotterdam in the form of Gerd, Tommy Four Seven, Brian Sanhaji have also been announced, as well as some home-grown talent from Matt Tolfrey, Christophe and Lukas.

All these additions are added to what was already an emphatically large line up of artists including pioneers such as DJ Sneak, Ben UFO, Ellen Allien, Sasha, Jozif, amogst others.